Honors Geometry – first semester exam information
Dec. 2009 - Bonitz
Exam time: Monday, Dec. 14, at 9 am
Exam location: Chapel 8 (bottom floor of chapel next to Lecture Hall)
Exam help: Saturday, Dec. 12 from 1-3 pm
Help location: My regular classroom (we’ll move if we get too full)
Time for exam: 2 hours. The minimum is 1.5 hours, maximum may be more than 2 if
it looks like everyone needs more time (but not if most people are finished by then).
Format:
multiple choice section (which will include Always, Sometimes, Never),
short answer section (includes fill in the blank, definitions, short
problems)
longer answer and proofs section (problems that take longer and proofs)
What to bring: calculator (check to see that batteries are fresh)
several #2 pencils (for Scantron sheet)
colored pencils
straightedge and compass for constructions
optional: water in capped container, snacks (quiet ones, please!)
you do not need extra paper, and you should leave your notes and
book in the hall or elsewhere
Some study suggestions:
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Look back over all homework to see which problems you missed and rework
those.
Look in the book for "cumulative reviews" or "standardized test prep" problems
you can work. I will assign some of these.
Read through and work problems from the chapter summaries (all answers are in
the back of your book).
Practice problems mixed together (from every chapter), since the exam won't
have them organized by chapter.
Don't just skim back over everything -- practice writing definitions and working
problems until you feel confident. If you only barely know things, you will
probably forget them under the pressure of an exam.
Take a sheet of paper and write down everything you know about a certain topic
(like we did in class for the ways of proving parallel lines). Topics could be:
triangles, quadrilaterals, logical statements, number sets, coordinate plane,
parallel lines, perpendicular lines, supplementary/complementary angles, right
angles, etc.)
The better you know this semester's stuff, the easier next semester will be!
Here is some online practice:
PHSchool page for our book - Homework video tutors, lesson quizzes, chapter
tests, vocab crossword puzzles. This is NOT the same as the online textbook.
PHSuccessNet -- online textbook: there are good practice items there both
inserted in the textbook pages and out to the left in the menus. Practicing the examples is
a good idea, since the answers are right there to check.
Class wiki – lists of terms (many with definitions), postulates, theorems,
constructions to know
My website (Mathlinks page) has several practice websites listed, some of which
I’ve copied here:
Review sheet for important ideas in geometry (covers entire course, so lots we haven’t
done yet)
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/FormulaSheetGeometry.pdf
Practice with slopes and equations of lines:
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GCG1/PracLine.htm
List of all geometry topics covered by the Regents Prep center (each link takes you to
review and practice):
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/math-GEOMETRY.htm#m2
Start studying now – two chapters a night and then some mixed review will get you there.
Happy studying—since everything has been very cumulative this semester, it shouldn't be
too bad if you've been learning everything along the way!